Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your clothes be always white and your head anointed with oil.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
In Context
Cross References
Ruth 3:3Therefore, wash yourself, anoint yourself, put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor. But do not make yourself known to the man until he finishes eating and drinking. + 3:3 The Hebrew text has, Put on your best piece of clothing . However, a marginal note instructs readers to read, Put on your best clothes. Translators are free to choose for themselves.
2 Samuel 19:24Then Mephibosheth son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had not dressed his feet, or trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he came home in peace.
Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; 1 you have anointed my head with oil; 1 my cup runs over. 1
Amos 6:6They drink wine from bowls 1 and anoint themselves with the finest oils, 1 but they do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph. 1
Luke 7:46You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.
Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and there was a huge multitude that no one could count—from every nation, tribe, people, and language—standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands,
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:5-11
The Consequences of Death; The Proper Enjoyment of Life. 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink… Read the whole commentary →